How to Propagate Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica)

Itea virginica or Virginia Sweetspire is a beautiful native shrub that also happens to be great to propagate! It is commonly used by landscapers in all kinds of places so it could be a great plant to propagate within a backyard nursery business.
Itea in the fall erupts with a red fall color and in the spring sends out stalks of fragrant flowers. There are a many varieties of itea available so be sure to choose one that will fit your location. Most of what you will find grows 3-4 ft tall and wide.
Itea roots in about 3-4 weeks. The cutting I show in the video rooted in 3 weeks. It was one of 3 I tried. The other two failed due to poor air circulation.
I hope this video inspires you to try to propagate more plants!
00:00 Intro
00:37 Results from my First Rooted Itea Cutting
01:12 Showing the Roots that Formed
01:46 My Container
02:23 Taking Itea cuttings
02:43 Prepping the cutting
03:47 Sticking the cuttings
04:23 Final Thoughts on Rooting Itea virginica
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[@millstreetgardens]

A great video! I am potting up some cuttings of these I did last year today (it's funny that this popped up on my feed). The cuttings are currently blooming in their little containers. They rooted pretty readily for me as well, definitely a cool plant!

[@Growingthehomegarden]

Nice! Isn't it fun to have some easy to root shrubs like this?